Bishkek (AKIpress) - Over the first six months of 2014, Tajikistan has exported around 497 million kWh of electricity, increasing by 135 million kWh compared to the same period last year, Minister of Energy and Water Resources Usmonali Usmonzoda told a press conference in Dushanbe on July 23.

Recipients of Tajik electricity were Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. Tajikistan reportedly supplies electricity to Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan only during spring-summer period.

“To date, Tajikistan has supplied some 414 million kWh of electricity to Afghanistan and more than 82 million kWh of electricity to Kyrgyzstan,” the Minister noticed.

Currently, Tajikistan is supplying 5.5 million kWh of electricity per day to Afghanistan for 3.7 cents per one KWh and 1.5 million kWh of electricity to Kyrgyzstan for 2 cents per one kWh.